“THE OPTOMISTIC GARDENER” Maryann Horgan, President BCMGVA “Law of Landscape Plant Diversity” states: “In any given region of the United States, forty shrubs and trees make up over ninety percent of the landscape plantings” - Dr. J.C.Raulson Dr. Raulston taught horticulture students at NC State and created the NCSU Arboretum. He introduced hundreds of plants to the nursery trade, adding diversity to the product line at every garden center in the state. And yet most of our neighbors shop at the big box stores and bring home the same plants every season. Please let your friends and neighbors know about the BCMGVA Online Plant Sale going on right now. Your Plant Sale Committee (Jeanne Pavero Chair, Vicki Furhmann, Ann Gallman, Sonia Smith, Joanne Edwards and Webmaster Amanda Kiel) have proven the unique roll we can play in our community by offering native plants and plants cultivated to thrive in our environment. The spring sale was a huge success due to their vision of going native. To further help our clients become good stewards of the environment, the Online Sale is also offering rain barrels and composters. ‘The House Calls by a Master Gardener’ program is off and running. Our mission of sharing scientific based knowledge has become a joy of sharing. My first house call was a resale to a couple from Rhode Island and there were only five varieties of plants used on the entire property. Another home was set deep in a pine forest and they wanted to keep everything natural. Not much to discuss there. When we were escorted around to the back, we were surprised to find the entire yard covered in Astroturf! No Large Patch or mole cricket problems to be found there! The new Master Gardener class is starting September 14 and will be held every Monday and Wednesday morning at 9:00 through October. We invite you to attend any of the classes that interest you to improve your own knowledge base. Sam Marshall has started a mentor program to welcome, encourage and nurture our new class. The mentors will meet several times with a small team throughout the course. Contact Sam if you would like to participate in helping to immerse our new class into many of our rewarding activities. Three ‘Day In The Yard’ classes will start this fall, being held in Bolivia Tuesday mornings 9:00 (9/1-10/6) and Wednesday evenings 4:30(9/10-10/22) and late afternoons 4:30 on Wednesdays (10/7-11/11) at St. James Community Center. You are invited to attend any of the presentations – all taught by your fellow master Gardeners! We continue to encourage you to participate and remain life long learners! The staff and Board are very excited to start the fall season with lots of opportunities for you to get involved. The Botanical Garden is looking better than ever, but those weeds don’t pull themselves. We would love some more volunteers as we continue to improve our little gem that showcases a wide variety of trees, shrubs and perennials. What would JC Raulston think? “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” - Cicero Maryann Meeting Minutes For the complete minutes of the membership meetings, go http://www.bcmastergardenerva.org/ under the About Us tab Scheduled Speakers September 14 – MG Training begins M/W 9-12 September 24 – Webinar – Bugs/pests – Matt Bertone, Entomologist for Plant Disease & Insect Clinic September 26 – International Festival at BCC October 22 – Organic Farming, Henry Burkert, Greenlands Farm November 19 – Poinsettias, Susan Brown, New Hanover Extension Agent. Certified Master Gardeners Check the NCSU Website for opportunities to fulfill your 40 hours are required to remain qualified. Click here Vendor Discounts If you've paid your association dues for 2015 and didn't get your vendor discount card, be sure to stop in Tom's office to pick it up. Tom will have a list of participating vendors available. Regular meetings on 4 th Thursday each month at 9:00 am Brunswick County Master Gardener Volunteer Association Newsletter Fall 2015 Volume VIII Issue 5
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“THE OPTOMISTIC GARDENER”Maryann Horgan, President BCMGVA
“Law of Landscape Plant Diversity” states: “In any given region of the United States, forty shrubs and trees make up over ninety percent of the landscape plantings” - Dr. J.C.Raulson
Dr. Raulston taught horticulture studentsat NC State and created the NCSUArboretum. He introduced hundreds ofplants to the nursery trade, addingdiversity to the product line at everygarden center in the state. And yet mostof our neighbors shop at the big boxstores and bring home the same plantsevery season. Please let your friends and neighborsknow about the BCMGVA Online PlantSale going on right now. Your Plant Sale Committee (Jeanne Pavero Chair, Vicki Furhmann, Ann Gallman, Sonia Smith, Joanne Edwards and Webmaster Amanda Kiel) have proven the unique roll we can play in our community by offering native plants and plants cultivated to thrive in our environment. The spring sale was a huge success due to theirvision of going native. To further help our clients become goodstewards of the environment, the Online Sale is also offering rain barrels and composters.
‘The House Calls by a Master Gardener’ program is off and running. Our mission of sharing scientific based knowledge has become a joy of sharing. My first house call was a resale to a couple from Rhode Island and there were only five varieties of plants used on the entire property. Another home was set deep in a pine forest and they wanted to keep everything natural. Not much to discuss there. When we were escorted around to the back, we were surprised to find the entire yard covered in Astroturf! No Large Patch or mole cricket problems to be found there!
The new Master Gardener class is starting September 14 andwill be held every Monday and Wednesday morning at 9:00 through October. We invite you to attend any of the classes that interest you to improve your own knowledge base. Sam Marshall has started a mentor program to welcome, encourage and nurture our new class. The mentors will meet several times with a small team throughout the course. Contact Sam if you would like to participate in helping to immerse our new class into many of our rewarding activities.Three ‘Day In The Yard’ classes will start this fall, being held in Bolivia Tuesday mornings 9:00 (9/1-10/6) and Wednesday evenings 4:30(9/10-10/22) and late afternoons 4:30 on Wednesdays (10/7-11/11) at St. James Community Center.
You are invited to attend any of the presentations – all taught by your fellow master Gardeners! We continue to encourage you to participate and remain life long learners!
The staff and Board are very excited to start the fall season with lots of opportunities for you to get involved. The Botanical Garden is looking better than ever, but those weeds don’t pull themselves. We would love some more volunteers as we continue to improve our little gem that showcases a wide variety of trees, shrubs and perennials. What would JC Raulston think?
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” - Cicero
Maryann
Meeting Minutes For the complete minutes of the membership meetings, go
http://www.bcmastergardenerva.org/under the About Us tab
Scheduled Speakers September 14 – MG Training begins M/W 9-12September 24 – Webinar – Bugs/pests – Matt Bertone, Entomologist for Plant Disease & Insect ClinicSeptember 26 – International Festival at BCCOctober 22 – Organic Farming, Henry Burkert, Greenlands FarmNovember 19 – Poinsettias, Susan Brown, New Hanover Extension Agent.
Certified Master GardenersCheck the NCSU Website for opportunities to fulfill your 40 hours are required to remain qualified. Click here
Vendor DiscountsIf you've paid your association dues for 2015 and didn't get your vendor discount card, be sure to stop in Tom's office to pick it up. Tom will have a list of participating vendors available.
Regular meetings on 4th Thursday each month at 9:00 am
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Sam Marshall Extension Horticulture Agent
Horticulture Program Updates
I think we’re in the short rows now and hopefully the dogdays are becoming a thing of the past. As we gear up forthe fall season there are lots of things to look forward to inthe next couple of months. The Master Gardener Trainingprogram is full and I have high hopes for the class this year.As always, we are adding a diverse set of talents to an already robust program which I believe will further strengthen the program and all of the great things the Master Gardener Volunteers have accomplished thus far.
Class will begin on September 14th and will meet every Monday and Wednesday from 9-12p through October. On Thursday, September 17th we will be travelling to Raleigh to the soils lab and get a tour of the facility and see what happens with all those boxes we send out every Friday. I encourage all of you to attend, not only on the field trip, but to any of the classes you fill you could use a refresher on. I have included a syllabus in this edition of the newsletter (page 7).
As things begin to wind down for the year, you likely will begin to notice more “problems” showing up on your garden plants. I just had a call from a homeownerwho said she had already given up on 2015 and is already preparing for next season. And I can’t say that I really blame her. With cooler weather comes another set of issues you have to deal with. I have included below some emerging fall problems for landscapes and how to control them. Tell your neighbors!
Large patch is a very common disease of turfgrass lawns and now is the time to begin treatment. Labor day is a good time to begin applications of fungicides, followed by another application 6 weeks later (mid-October). Before treatment begins, make sure you have confirmed large patch in your yard.
Pest alert. Every autumn, fall webworms make an annual appearance in the tops of trees. They are made up of a mass of webbing found at the end of tree branches. The webs contain many tiny, hairy caterpillars. Fall webworms are found late summer into the fall on pecans, sourwood, and persimmon although they can feed on over 600 species of trees and shrubs. The worms overwinter as pupae in mulch, leaf litter and soil with moths emerging March to April. The females lay up to 900 eggs in masses on the underside of leaves. The eggs hatch and begin forming webbing to protect them as they feed.
Fall webworms can be easily disrupted by using a stick or pole to pull open webs within reach. Pulling open the webs exposes caterpillars to predators such as birds and wasp. Carbaryl (Sevin) could be used to spray webs within reach. When using an insecticide, spray the foliage just beyond the web mass. However, spraying the web itself is not very effective because the webbing prevents good contact with caterpillars. Due to safety reasons, it is not recommended to use fire to destroy fall webworms because the fire may get out of hand and destroy the tree, endanger the person and nearby properties. If the webs are not within reach do not worry, although they are unsightly they usually do not harm the tree's overall health.
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Master Gardeners BoardElected Officers:
PresidentMaryann [email protected]
910-454-0481Vice president Jeanne Pavero
TreasurerMerry MacBarb
Recording SecretaryVicki Fuhrmann
Corresponding SecretaryAnn Gallman
Volunteer Chairs:Banquets/Parties
Sonia [email protected]
203-249-5911HardscapeFred Mina
Library/SpeakersGrace Wrigley
Joanne [email protected]
910-575-0071NCMGVA Liaison
Shirley [email protected]
910-754-4148Newsletter Editor
Hank [email protected]
910-253-4071History/Publicity
Mary [email protected]
910-755-6873Donna Coulson
Trip PlanningEllen Pecina
Amanda [email protected]
216-375-6511Staff:
Anita [email protected] Spencer
[email protected] Woods
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Maritime Museum
On Saturday, July 11, Amanda Kiel and Jeanne Pavero had a table at the Maritime Museum in Southport. They provided information on gardening in southeastern coastal Carolina.
They also promoted the upcoming online plant sale, day in the yard and house calls. People inquired about irrigation, insects and soil samples.
This was a great community outreach opportunity for MasterGardeners.
Day-In-the-Yard 2015 Schedule
Wild is the music of autumnal windsAmongst the faded woods.
~William Wordsworth
Brunswick County Solid WasteFree Dump Week Brunswick County will be hosting fall free dumpweek at the Brunswick County Landfill September14th through September 19th, 2015. Brunswick County residents/property owners may dispose of all materials except for regular household trash or new construction debris free of charge at the County Landfill. Please note that all convenient sites will maintain their regular tipping fees. Anyone driving a commercial vehicle or hauling commercial debris will be charged regular tipping fees. Proof of Brunswick County property ownership or residency is required andwill be checked at the landfill entrance. Please take into consideration when loading your vehicle that metal, tires, electronics, latex paint, fluorescent bulbs and yard debris CANNOT be disposed of with regular household items. You may bring those items for disposal during free week but they must be placed in their designated area.
Plant BoxMichelle Spencer, Program Assistant at the Extension office, finds her work incredibly rewarding. This spring, a Southport resident who works at Carillon Assisted Living called the office asking if there was any way to deliver some gardening capability to residents of the Center. Michelle had a long-standing working partnership with Fred Michael, then Deputy Director of Health Services at Brunswick County Health Services. A phone call later, there was a promise of a raised bed and soil to fill the bed.
After the design was chosen, a few weeks later, the bed was delivered in a box as a kit. Steven Sowers, Brunswick County resident, and the newest employee at the office has some great handy skills and he assembled the kit in a couple of hours. It is built to be accessible to someone sitting in a chair or wheelchair. Within a short time of the original request, a planter, soil, and shovels and trowels were delivered to the facility in Southport.
Recently the office receivedan email from the facility withphotos of Mario Torogardening, raising hisMountain Merit tomatoplants, and smiling andwatering. He is obviouslyenjoying his newly foundgardening spot on the backpatio. It would have beenvery easy for this simplerequest to have beenignored. For a few hundreddollars, some gardeningcapability, peace of mind andsense of accomplishmentwas available to some folksin our county who needed this. Mr. Toro is the father of Jeanne Pavero, who is an active Master Gardener and Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club leader. Jeanne is also our current VP.
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Life on the Farm needs Volunteers
Park Bench
With funding provided by Director Mark Blevins through the CES, a wonderful park bench now enhances the Botanical Garden. Thanks to Fred Mina for his skill in assembling the bench.
The genial sunlight melts on the hillsThe breath of the morning white and cold;By the wayside bend sprays of aster bloomAnd the forest turns to russet and gold...
~C.B. Galbreath, "Autumn Leaves," October 1918
Botanical Garden WaterfallAt last, the water flows clear in our garden water feature
4-H Judging Volunteers needed
Note: Agnes' correct email is [email protected]
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ALLERTON NATIONAL TROPICALBOTANICAL GARDENS
KAUA’I HAWAII- submitted by Maryann Horgan
Allerton Gardens arefound on the southshore of Kauaibetween the PacificOcean and the LawaiValley. Over theyears, this paradisehas beentransformed by thehands of Queen Ella,a sugar plantation magnate and most significantly by an artist and an architect. The dramatic topography ledto the creation of a masterpiece of garden art. The scale of the cliffs, gorges and plants makes you suspect that Walt Disney had a hand in this garden. Although it is lush and natural, there doesn’t appear to be a leaf out of place.Towering rain forest trees grow near bronze mermaids.
A grove of swaying golden bamboo is blessed by a Buddha. The Allerton’s son traveled all overEurope and Asia to bring back art to place in the garden rooms. Rock surfaces are faced with Maiden Hair Ferns. A fruit orchardis heavy with tropical fruits and theground was littered with mangos.
The focus of the garden is on landscape design, but the plants are botanicallyimportant specimens ofthe tropics, includingpalms, heliconias (‘lobsterclaws’), gingers, prayerplants, and Chinese taro.Monkey pod trees wereplanted to shade thehomes of sugar caneworkers and they remainto form a popular canopytree. They reminded me ofour spreading Live Oakcanopies and tunnels inthe South.
Although many favorite movies have been filmed on Kauai and in theAllerton Garden(South Pacific, Piratesof the Caribbean,Jurassic Park), I didn’tbump into anything asinteresting as JohnnyDepp, but I did standamong the brackets ofthe Banyan Treewhere the dinosaureggs were found in thefirst Jurassic Park.
"Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity;
but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. Whatman can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see
the span of his world and the meaning of the rollinghills that reach to the far horizon?" -Hal Borland
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SAM (continued from page 2)Fall webworms can be easily disrupted by using a stick or pole to pull open webs within reach. Pulling open the webs exposes caterpillars to predators such as birds and wasp. Carbaryl (Sevin) could be used to spray webs within reach. When using an insecticide, spray the foliage just beyond theweb mass. However, spraying the web itself is not very effective because the webbing prevents good contact with caterpillars. Due to safety reasons, it is not recommended touse fire to destroy fall webworms because the fire may get out of hand and destroy the tree, endanger the person and nearby properties. If the webs are not within reach do not worry, although they are unsightly they usually do not harm the tree's overall health.
Fall veggies can be planted in September. Brassicas like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale, and kohlrabi can be planted through the middle of September. Keep an eye out for caterpillars on these crops. You can protect yourplants with row covers or control caterpillars with products containing Bt or spinosad, if needed. Root crops are another great fall option. Plant beets, radishes and turnips through the middle of September while parsnips and rutabagas can be planted through the end of September. These vegetables will hold well under cool conditions and can be harvested as needed.
Plant leafy greens like lettuce, arugula and mustard for a quick harvest. You can harvest baby greens when the leaves are 4-5 inches high. Trim the leaves off with a pair ofkitchen shears while leaving the growing point intact. Theseplants will resprout several times for multiple harvests. Cool season herbs like dill, parsley and cilantro can be direct sown or set out as transplants in September and will stay green well past the first crop. Harvest as needed for fresh use. Consider planting garlic and onions in October. Thesecrops will be ready to harvest next spring. Choose short-day varieties of onion like Grano or Texas Supersweet.
– SamExtension Master Gardener Training SyllabusInstructor(s): Varies Contact: [email protected] and Wednesday (9/14-10/28)Lecture/Lab: 9a-12p
Program PurposeThe Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program prepares potential volunteers to assist North Carolina State Extension staff in addressing home horticulture-related topics, including plant selection, establishment and care of lawn, garden and landscapes with an emphasis on integrated approaches to pest management and environmental stewardship. Volunteers assist with Extension’s educational programs throughout Brunswick County and extend the reach of horticulture extension staff by providing research-based information to home gardeners. Extension Master Gardeners Volunteers are a part of North Carolina State University, a land grant institution.Extension Master Gardener Training is an 8-week course designed to enrich your horticultural knowledge so that you can provide non-biased, research-based information to residents of Brunswick County. This course will cover importance of
volunteerism, basic botany and entomology, vegetable/fruit production, as well as advanced topics such as irrigation and landscape design. There will be a lab component to most classes that will work towards a final class project.
Course Objective: The EMGV Training Program will equip trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary for addressing home horticulture-related topics. Upon completion of the training program, Master Gardener Volunteers will 1) assist horticulture staff in servingthe residents of Brunswick County in the field of consumer horticulture, and 2) effectively deliver research-based information from NC State Extension and Horticulture Staff to the residents of Brunswick County.
Class Schedule:M, 9/14 Class: Introduction to the Extension Master Gardener Volunteer (EMGV)
Program; Sam Marshall Lab: Office Procedures and working with the General Public
W, 9/16 Class: Soils, Plant Nutrients, Fertilizers, and Composting (Chs. 1&2); Sam MarshallLab: Soil Characteristics; taking a soil test
Th., 9/17 Field trip to NCDA Soils Lab, Raleigh, NC
M, 9/21 Class: Reading and Interpreting a Soil Report; Meet your mentorSam MarshallLab: Fertilizer calculation exercise and Field Calibration
W, 9/23 Class: Basic Botany (Chs. 3&4); Sam MarshallLab: Plant ID in the Botanical Garden*
M, 9/28 Class: Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs (Ch. 14); Susan BrownLab: TBD
W, 9/30 Class: Woody Ornamentals and Pruning (Ch. 13); Tim MathewsLab: Ornamental Identification (Bot. Garden)
M, 10/5 Class: Landscape Design (Chs. 10 &12); Susan BrownLab: Site assessment for class project at cafeteria
W, 10/7 Class: Plant Propagation and Indoor Plants; George Wong-ChongLab: Propagate plants in botanical garden
M, 10/12 Class: Basic Weed Ecology and Management; Sam MarshallLab: Weed I.D. and Recommendations
W, 10/14 Class: Basic Entomology and Integrated Pest Management (Chs. 6&9); Sam Marshall
Lab: Optional Workday in the Botanical Garden
M, 10/19 Class: Plant Disease and Diagnosis (Chs. 7 &19); Sam MarshallLab: Plant Disease Diagnosis and Recommendations
W, 10/21 Class: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening; Michelle Spencer Lab: Work on Project
M, 10/26 Class: Introduction to Turfgrass and Irrigation (Chs. 15 & 11); Tom WoodsLab: Review a Soil Report; nutrient requirements of different plants
W, 10/28 Class: Review Master Gardener Office Procedures; Sam MarshallLab: Take Home Exam
M, 11/2 Class: Backyard Ecology; Turn in Exams Sam Marshall and Sabrina WoofterNo Lab!
W, 11/4 Graduation celebration
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